Essential Responsibilities:

1. Greets patient, establishes rapport, and orients patient to physical therapy.
2. Conducts initial evaluation, which includes activities such as interpreting referral information, reviewing pertinent past history, documenting patient concerns, performing an appropriate examination utilizing specialized evaluation skills, initiating appropriate home exercises or dispensing appropriate equipment, establishing an initial physical therapy treatment plan, including discharge planning.
3. Develops treatment plan with guidance from applicable clinical guidelines. Treatment plan should include: problem identification, measurable short-term goals to address identified problems, desired outcome result to be achieved including functional long-term goals, timetable for patient progress and discharge, resources to be utilized to address the barriers to goal attainment, resources to be utilized to promote the continuation of good health after discharge.
4. Discusses treatment plan with patient and/or family to establish expectations. Communicates treatment plan with referring physician, support staff, and appropriate external payor resources through appropriate documentation and/or discussion with revisions as appropriate.
5. Manages case as patient progresses through therapy with guidance from applicable clinical guidelines, and job descriptions.
6. Delegates and instructs services to be rendered by clinical support staff, including, but not limited to, specific treatment procedures, precautions, special problems, or contraindicated procedures. Presents appropriate cases, as defined by established procedure, at patient conferences.

Basic Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's degree in physical therapy from an accredited college or university.
2. Physical Therapist License (Hawaii) required at hire.
   
3. National Provider Identifier required at hire.
   
4. Basic Life Support required at hire from American Heart Association.